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14-802: Anak Bukit is a mukim and the royal town of Kedah , Malaysia , located in Kota Setar District and falls under the jurisdiction of the Alor Setar City Council . It is known as the royal town of Kedah because the Sultan of Kedah 's royal palace and official residence, Istana Anak Bukit is located here. It is also known to be the birthplace of the late Sultan of Kedah and the former Yang Di Pertuan Agong of Malaysia, Tuanku Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah who reigned from 1958 until his death in September 2017. In February 2009,

28-601: A mukim can either be a subdivision of a daerah ( district or county ) or a subdivision of an autonomous sub-district ( daerah kecil ), as per Section 11(c) of the National Land Code 1965. However, in Putrajaya the designation mukim is not used; the term presint (Malay for "precinct") is used instead. The northern state of Perlis , due to its small size, is not divided into daerahs , but directly into mukims . In Kelantan ,

42-535: A Mukim is a survey district. There are 34 Mukim survey districts in Singapore, as well as 30 Town Subdivision survey districts. The Town Subdivision survey districts are located in the city area, while the Mukim survey districts are located in the outer regions surrounding the former. This article about geography terminology is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Malaysian location article

56-506: A village ambience, consisting of 27 modern village bungalow units adjacent to Istana anak Bukit. The units, priced between RM400,000 and RM1.2 million, have been sold out. The housing project was opened by the current Sultan of Kedah . Mukim In Brunei , a mukim is the immediate subdivision of a district ( Malay : daerah ). The equivalent English word for 'mukim' is 'township'. There are 38 mukims in Brunei . Each mukim

70-679: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Brunei location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Daerah A daïra or daerah ( Arabic : دائرة circle ; plural dawaïr ) is an administrative division in Algeria and Western Sahara in West Africa , as well as Brunei , Indonesia and Malaysia in Southeast Asia . It is commonly translated in English as " district ". "Daïra"

84-546: Is an administrative area made up of several kampung ( Malay for "village"). A mukim is headed by a penghulu (Malay for "headman"), which is an elected office. The number of mukims in each of the districts in Brunei is as follows: The smallest mukim by area is Mukim Saba in the Brunei-Muara District. The largest mukim by area is Mukim Sukang in the Belait District . The last change in

98-611: Is the primary spelling variant used in Algeria and Western Sahara. It is a subdivision of wilayah in both countries. "Daerah" is an Arabic loanword in Malay and Indonesian , which is cognate with "daïra". A daerah or district is the primary subdivision of Brunei . There are four daerah , namely Belait , Brunei-Muara , Temburong and Tutong . A daerah is subdivided into mukims (equivalent to subdistricts) and subsequently villages ( kampung ). In Indonesia , "daerah"

112-528: Is used as in the term daerah istimewa , which refers to the Special Regions or provinces with special status. There are two Special Regions ( Aceh and the Special Region of Yogyakarta ), and there are seven Special Autonomous Regions or Daerah Otonomi Khusus ( Central Papua , Highland Papua , Papua , South Papua , Southwest Papua , West Papua and Jakarta ). A daerah or district

126-511: The mukim boundaries was in the late 1990s when Mukim Kumbang Pasang was merged into Mukim Kianggeh and Mukim Berakas was divided into Mukim Berakas A and Mukim Berakas B. The number of mukims remained at 38. In Indonesia , mukim means 'a place to stay' or 'the one who stays', while pemukiman means 'a settlement'. The term mukim is used only in Aceh as a subdivision of a district . A mukim contains several villages . In Malaysia ,

140-438: The new administrative capital of Kedah , replacing Alor Setar . Alor Setar will continue to be the capital city and commercial centre of the state. Due to this, Anak Bukit is seeing a massive growth of infrastructure. Major developments include the new state government administrative buildings, the new Anak Bukit police station, new National Registration Department ( Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara ) building. A new railway station

154-408: The palace underwent a RM70 million facelift in conjunction with the 50th anniversary celebration of the reign of the Sultan of Kedah in 2008. This involved the construction of a new building which houses a new audience and dining halls which could accommodate 1,400 people at any one time. It replaced the existing audience and dining halls which could only hold fewer than 1,000 people. The building

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168-478: The term daerah corresponds to the mukim level in other states, whilst for Sabah and Sarawak in East Malaysia , owing to its large sizes, they are directly divided into divisions and in turn, divisions are divided into districts and the subdivision of each district is termed as a mukim instead. Each mukim is divided into a village or villages ( kampung or kampong ). In Singapore ,

182-516: Was also built as part of the Ipoh-Padang Besar Electrification and Double Tracking Project and began operations in 2014. It is served by ETS Transit trains. Residential properties are also coming up in the town because it will be the new administrative centre. Prices of houses and land have been rising the past few years. One of the more luxurious housing projects is Villa Seri Tunku. It is touted as luxury living in

196-537: Was completed in October 2007. Behind the royal palace there is a river stream which is called Sungai Anak Bukit and it flows through Alor Setar connected by Sungai Kedah ( Kedah River ) to the estuary of Kuala Kedah. There is also a mini zoo amidst the colourful flora of the royal gardens. Visitors are allowed into the royal gardens. According to the Ninth Malaysia Plan , Anak Bukit is planned to be

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